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Lenny Henry

"Little Lenny Henry loved making his friends and family laugh. Yet he dreamt of entertaining big audiences with his jokes and impressions. Aged 16, he won a talent contest and went on to star in many hit shows. In 1985, Lenny and his friends started the charity Comic Relief, which uses laughter to h...

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Main Author: Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel) (Author)
Other Authors: Ewen, Diane (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2024.
Series:Little people, big dreams.
Subjects:
Henry, Lenny > Juvenile nonfiction.
Comedians > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Actors, Black > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Actors > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Authors, English > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Television personalities > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Black people > Great Britain > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Graphic novels.
Children's stories.
Biographies.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Little Lenny Henry loved making his friends and family laugh. Yet he dreamt of entertaining big audiences with his jokes and impressions. Aged 16, he won a talent contest and went on to star in many hit shows. In 1985, Lenny and his friends started the charity Comic Relief, which uses laughter to help those in need. This inspiring story of the performer and activist features a fact and photo session at the back."--
Item Description:"Comic Relief"--Cover.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780711285408
0711285403
Author Notes:Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books. In 2014, she created a book for her two twin nieces for their birthday, which shortly thereafter became the first book in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This multimillion-copy bestselling series of picture books explores the lives of outstanding people. From Mahatma Gandhi to Aretha Franklin, to Prince, Sanchez Vegara researches complex careers and makes them accessible to young children, with her unique and mindful style of writing. She works with a diverse team of illustrators to make each book lively, eye-catching and motivating. Working for more than fifteen years for clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship between children and pop culture. Diane Ewen is an award-winning British illustrator. She has always been in love with art and graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a BA Honours Degree in Illustration. She loves to create hand-drawn and hand-painted art as well as digital illustrations. Her debut into publishing was as the illustrator of The Pretty Poodle Parlour. She is the illustrator of Coming to England which was written by Baroness Floella Benjamin.

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